Released Year & Length: 2014 (2 hours)
Main Cast:
Nadine Lustre as Reah "Eya" Rodriguez
James Reid as Cross Sandford
Yassi Pressman as Lorraine "Lory" Keet
Andre Paras as Chad Jimenez
Synopsis:
Eya, a poor, self-described ugly girl, an orphan whom as soon as she turns 18, her aunts kicks her out of her house. To make ends meet, she takes a job as a nanny for Cross, an egoistic young man who completely dislikes her presence. Through certain events, they became involved with each other and bonded. In school, Eya became friends with Lory, a rich young lady who had been eyeing Cross since kindergarten. Eya also got to know of Chad, who she found out, had a crush on Lory. As time went on, Cross and Eya got entangled up in many events and feelings develop while some hearts were broken and comforted. In the end, a masquerade ball was held and Eya was entranced by her dance partner that night. Who is this dance partner? And what is to become of the love story between Cross and Eya?
My Thoughts:
This was just pure simple romantic comedy. It developed well in the beginning and finishes pretty smoothly. I would guess that this movie was the start of love pairing of James Reid and Nadine Lustre and their continuing co-starring roles. I would say I was surprised that this movie was actually originated from a Wattpad story who got famous. And I have tried to read it, the original book that is, and and the name suggests, it was written in the form of a diary. And of course, a movie can't do that, it has to have a third person perspective, most of the time. But, you'll see they pretty kept some of the essence of a diary there.
The leading stars have a pretty good chemistry, I felt really absorbed in their interactions. Their scenes once they bonded are so sweet and I enjoyed their moments. They're just plain simple ones but the impact is strong. Like the moment that they were on the hospital bed, I would say that's my most memorable moments due to atmosphere in the room at that point and the words exchanged within that room. One of the things that really intrigued me is how Cross is such a tough guy but he has his moments where he is not and for me that's where Eya comes to play really nicely.
The only thing that annoyed me while watching the story was that the flow of the scenes were not consistent around close to the end of the story, like I was lost in trying to understanding when does this scene happens like movies do a lot of the split chronology in scenes but at least, the viewers should be informed when certain scenes occur because it was confusing the heck out of me trying to justify the story. To me, that's the biggest flaw of the movie, but not the story, the story was pretty well designed but just the after effects from editing that was poorly done.
As always, the perfect thing is when a girl doesn't need to look pretty for a boy to fall in love with her, she just needs to be herself and let the boy chase after her, hahaha..... So, come and watch this movie because it is just that good despite the FLAW it has, because there are pretty cute love moments occurring in this movie within just a simple 2 hours.
